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is nearly ready for delivery. The gas-\'essel is 60 metres in
length, and the diameter at the thickest part is 10 3 metres,
the capacity being 3,150 cubic metres. The power of the
motor has been increased, the new airship being provided
with a jo h.p. Panhard-Levassor motor, thus giving an
increased power over its predecessor of some 20 h.p., so that
it ia anticipated that both the speed and radius of action of
tke new airship will be a good deal greater than that of the
•achine it is replacing.
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NOVEMBER 9, 1916.
THEIZEPPELIN AIRSHIP.
Count Zeppelin is so satisfied with the reliability of his
present airship that he contemplates making an extended
circular tour from Manzell, on the Lake of Constance, to Stutt
gart returning over the Black Forest to Basle and Zurich, and
thence back to the starting point. This will be a journey
of roughly speaking, 250 miles, and if successfnlly accom
plished it will certainly show that the Zeppelin airskip isall
that its admirers claim it to be.
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UNDER the above heading will be published weekly particulars of a personal character relating to those who have fallen or have been
wounded in the country's service, announcements of marriage and other items concerning members of the Flying Services and others well
known in the world of aviation. We shall be pleased to receive for publication properly authenticated particulars suitable for this
column.
Casualties.
Second Lieutenant CUTHBERT JOHN CREEKY, R.F.C. (who
was killed in an air fight on October 20th), was second son of
Mr. Andrew McCreight Creery and of Mrs.Creery, of Vancouver.
He was twenty-one years of age, and received his commission
in December, 1915, while he was gazetted flying officer in
April last.
Lieutenant J. CEDRIC JERVIS, R.F.C., who was killed on
October 26th, aged 26, was the son of the Rev. J. Jervis,
vicar of Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon. He, was educated
at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and was preparing
for Holy Orders at the Scholae Cancellarii, Lincoln, when the
war broke out. He was one of four brothers who offered their
services (one is now a prisoner in Turkey). He enlisted in
the Royal Fusiliers Public Schools Battalion, in which he
obtained his commission, and transferred to the Royal Flying
Corps.
Captain LAWRENCE HOPE KING-HARMAN, Royal Horse
Artillery, attached R.F.C. (killed on active service), was the
elder son of Sir Charles and Lady King-Harman and grandson
of General Sir Robert Biddulph, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. Born in
1889, he was educated at Bradfield College and the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich. He obtained his commission
in the Field Artillery in July, 1909, and joined his battery
in India. In June, 1915, he was selected for the Royal Horse
Artillery, and took part in the Mohmand Expedition on the
North-West Frontier, for gallant conduct in which he was
mentioned in despatches. Early in this year he responded
to a call for volunteers for training as observers in the Royal
Flying Corps in India, and proceeded to Mesopotamia in June
last, attached to that branch of the Service. On arrival at
the front he was placed in temporary command of a field
battery, and rejoined the R.F.C. shortly before his death.
He was killed in an accident while flying on October 26th.
Second Lieutenant ROBERT SHIRLEY OSMASTON, M.C.,
Royal Sussex Regiment and R.F.C., was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Francis P. Osmaston, of Stoneshill, Limpsfield, and
grandson of Mr. John Osmaston, late of Osmaston Manor,
Derby. He was born in 1894. and educated at Earleywood
Preparatory School, Ascot, and Winchester College (Kingsgate
House), where he gained the gold medal for gymnastics in
1912, and was an excellent boxer. He had a short course of
agricultural training after leaving Winchester, and when the
war broke out enlisted as a private in the U.P.S. Brigade.
In May, 1915, he obtained his commission in the Royal Sussex
Regiment, and went to the front on December 1st, 1915.
Early this year he was an instructor of Lewis gun training
and later acting adjutant of his brigade, and was attached to
Brigade Headquarters learning staff work. In April he con
ducted a raid into the enemy trenches very successfully
and without any casualties, and was shortly afterwards
awarded the Military Cross. In July he transferred to the
R.F.C. and served as observer till he was killed.
WILLIAM BELL SAINT, Second Lieutenant. Royal Scots,
attached R.F.C., who has been killed, was the younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Saint, Selborne, Monkseaton, and was
aged 23. Lieutenant Saint joined a public school battalion in
September, 1914, and eight months later obtained a commis
sion in the Royal Scots. In January of this year he was
attached to the Flying Corps as an observer, and he went to
the front in May.
Lieutenant JAMES ALEXANDER SIMPSON, R.F.C., who has
died of wounds, was the eldest son of Mr. James Simpson,
bank agent, Portree. He returned from the Malay Peninsula
soon after the outbreak of war, and received a commission
in the Black Watch, afterwards joining the Flying Corps.
Lieutenant Simpson was educated at Portree and Aberdeen
Grammar School, and was several years on the staff of the
Meteorological Observatory, Cape Town. He subsequently
held, a similar appointment in the Malay Peninsula.
Second Lieutenant FRANCIS GEORGE STUART WATSON,
Lancashire Fusiliers, killed on October 27th, was the only
son of Mr. Alexander Watson, architect, and Mrs. Watson, of
Villa Languard, Torquay. He entered Sandhurst in August,
1915, and received his commission on January 26th last.
After taking a three months' course of flying with the R.F.C.,
he joined his regiment and went to the front oa June 15th.
He was 19 years of age.
Lieutenant SYDNEY HAYWOOD, R.F.C., who was on October
26th killed as the result of an aeroplane accident on active
service, was the elder son of Charles and Ethel Haywood,
" Greycroft," Accrington. His age was 25.
Married and to be Married.
The marriage between Captain H. ERIC DIXON, Middlesex
Regiment and R.F.C., and Miss MURIEL A. SEYMOUR METFORC
will take place quietly on November 18th at 2.30 p.m. at
Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, W.
The engagement is announced between RICHARD HILTON,
Lieutenant, R.G.A. and R.F.C., second son of Mr. J. E.
Hilton, of Lambourne, Berks, and PHYLLIS MARTHA, eldest
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. STANLEY H. WOODIN, of Yar
mouth Rectory, Isle of Wight.
NEVILLE B. MANSON, Lieutenant, London Regiment,
attached R.F.C., was on Wednesday married to Miss MAUD
TALBOT, at All Saints' Parish Church, Hove.
The engagement is announced of TANNER M. ROGERS,
Lieutenant, General List, attached Aeronautical Directorate,
only son of Mr. and Mrs. Montagu Rogers, of Nansloe, Helston,
Cornwall, and RACHEL FRANCES, second daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. KEVITT ROTHERHAM, Great Gatehouse, Kenilworth.
Items.
The Rev. WM. AITKEN HASLAM, who joined the R.F.C.,
is well known in South London. He is a son of the late Rev.
J. W. Haslam, vicar of the PeekMemorial Church, St. Saviour's,
Denmark Park. Previous to his ordination, Mr. Haslam
was attached to St. Saviour's. His first curacy was i n
LewisTiam, and he afterwards served at Epsom, Battersea,
Wandsworth Common, and Long Ditton.
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